Daily Archives: April 24, 2012

Berlin pop-up restaurant: Diners pay in time, not money

April 24, 2012 – 2:36 pm

by Inga Seidler WHAT’S HAPPENING The German chapter of the Time/Bank artist collective recently opened Time/Food, a pop-up restaurant in Berlin (E-flux.com, 17 February 2012). The restaurant serves lunch every other Sunday, in exchange for time currency, earned by helping others in the Time/Bank community. The price of a meal at Time/Food is half an […]

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Hungry in Dubai? Push a fridge magnet to instantly order a pizza

April 24, 2012 – 2:29 pm

by Samina Virani WHAT’S HAPPENING Dubai residents can now order their favorite pizza simply by pressing a special refrigerator magnet. This one-step gadget is a first in the fast food industry (DigitalTrends.com, 26 March 2012). Created by the Dubai-based Red Tomato Pizza, the magnet button is synced to a user’s smartphone via Bluetooth. The Red […]

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A crowdsourced credit card: Barclay throws the terms to its customers

April 24, 2012 – 2:26 pm

by Hans Eisenbeis WHAT’S HAPPENING The credit card industry is ripe for a remake, thanks not only to new heavy-handed federal regulations that put a pinch on old profit lines, but because the marketplace and the times really demand it. Barclaycard is making a bold step into brave new territory with the Barclaycard Ring MasterCard, […]

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FOODIE PARENTS’ FATIGUE

April 24, 2012 – 2:18 pm

by Charlotte Beal In recent years, it became hip for parents to turn away from the convenience products so carefully crafted by the food industry starting in the ’50s. A whole cohort of parents ditched ready-makeable packaged foods in favor of homemade baby food, farmers’-market produce and DIY preserves. All this as older generations of […]

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